Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-02-11
Alma. Mich. Friday. February II, 1887.


starting spoke factory at Hubbard
ston.
Conductor Lee, recen ly injured in
the d., l.. & n. accident, is about once
more.
Did you ever? Well just look at the
Valentines at Il. A. Miller & Co.'S Cen
tral Drug Store.
The sleighing is ruined and you can't
exactly call it wheeling yet. Sort of
betwiXt and between.
Get chunk of taller" grease up
your boots, come to the opera house the
18TH. Uncle JOSH will be there.
In the Jackson prison are 60 "lifers,
GO of whom could have been hanged
had capital punishment prevailed in
Michigan.
Miss Foster, of Chicago, arrived in
town last Friday and will spend the
winter with her cousin, Mrs. f. II.
llamlif.
The second story of the new Pollasky
block is now receiving its coat of plaster
and will soon be ready for occupancy.
Marcus Pollasky will fit up a suit of
rooms in one part of it for his law
and business Offices.
Monday the streets were a perfect
| sheet Of ice and successful pedestrian
ism was great feat, only to be accomp-
lished with much painstaking and
flourishing Of arms. It was as good as a
4th Of July set Of "horribles, " all day.
LosT.-A Black and Tan Dog with
red ribbon and very small brass bell
around its neck. Answers to the name
of Tip Was last seen at D., n. q
| y. depot. A liberal reward will be
given for the return of same to this
office, or for information leading TO its
whereabouts.
st. Louis is of course making a great
howl and doing all she can against the
annexation of sections 33 and "a of Pine
River to Arcadia township. In and
about Alma, however, where the just
ness of the measure is appreciated there
are not more than two men out of ev-
cry ten who do not attach their sigma
lures to the petition promptly. The
petition still cilculates and new names
are constantly being added.
The business men Of Shepherd are ex-
Periencing quite an amount of trouble
on account of the postoflice accommoda-
tiOns. Their letters are all dated from
Shepherd, and if in replying one does
not understand that III order to reach
Shepherd letter must be directed to
Salt River, the shepherd business man
is liable to watch and wait, and murmur
peculiar but expressive words to him
| self To the RECORD, off at one side of
the scene of action, it would seem that
the towns ought either to consolidate
or else have two post Offices. This So
lidiiled chunk of wisdom costs you moth
ing,
Two-hundredfour persons, by ac-
curate count, were present at the Grat-
lot Co. L. ~. at Alma, Jan. p. 81
The subsequent attendance was only
limited by the size Of the room. Onl!
one failure on program OF four ses-
sions. Ponder on these things ye popu-
lous old counties, where your education
al spirit is so low that a good live teach
er's association would scare it into fits
Would that some of the dead dying, in
termittent, emaciated, cold, back-slid-
den districts could have looked in on
Gratiot's enthusiastic, earnest, happy
united pedagogues, and have caught
some Of their fire with which to return
home and kindle its flames anew on the
educational altars. s.-Pattengill's School
Moderator.
Some of our exchanges are endeavor-
ing to make capital out of Mr.. Wrights
difference with the township of Pine
River in regard to taxes, insinuating
that Alma must be losing her prestige,
property decreas ng in value, ETC., and
st. Louis is almost wild with delight,
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indulging in no end of filings and
thrusts. OF course these things are to
be expected to a greater or less extent,
but people familiar with Alma and her
/ standing, and familiar with Mr.. Wright
and his methods know better than this.
Alma is healthy and prosperous and
Mr.. Wright is more than pleased with
the progress and development con-
stantly going on here. Does it seem
reasonable to suppose that he would be
investing money here right along and
erecting an elegant residence here pre-
paratory to making Alma his perma-
nent home if he thought the town re-
trograding? A. W. Wright is not the
man to make trouble unless there is
some good and sufficient reason, and
this protest would never have been